1989 Annual Report of Vital Statistics Department of Health, City of New Haven
 

TABLE VII
Leading Cause of Death by Age Categories
New Haven: 1989

Rank Order Age Category
Cause of Death		 Number of Deaths Age-Spec. Death rate*
Infants (less than 1 year)
  All Causes 47 18.5
1 Conditions in perinatal period 29 11.4
2 Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions 7 2.8
3 Congenital anomalies 7 2.8
4 Diseases of nervous system and sense organs 2 0.8
1-4 years old
  All Causes 4 46.6
1 Infective and parasitic diseases 2 23.3
2 Diseases of respiratory system 1 11.6
3 Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions 1 11.6
5-14 years old
  All Causes 10 57.8
1 Injury and poison 3 17.3
2 Infective and parasitic diseases 3 17.3
3 Neoplasms 2 11.6
15-24 years old
  All Causes 30 102.6
1 Injury and poison 23 78.6
2 Infective and parasitic diseases 3 10.3
3 Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions 2 6.8
25-44 years old
  All Causes 163 481.4
1 Infective and parasitic diseases 50 147.7
2 Injury and poison 30 88.6
3 Diseases of the circulatory system 28 82.7
4 Symptoms, signs and ill-defined conditions 18 53.2
45-64 years old
  All Causes 231 1,123.9
1 Diseases of the circulatory system 79 384.4
2 Neoplasms 73 355.2
3 Infective and parasitic diseases 16 77.8
4 Diseases of the respiratory system 16 77.8
65-84 years old
  All Causes 591 3,998.9
1 Diseases of the circulatory system 291 1,969.0
2 Neoplasms 140 947.3
3 Diseases of the respiratory system 60 406.0
4 Diseases of the genitourinary system 17 115.0
85 years and older
  All Causes 283 16,034.0
1 Diseases of the circulatory system 171 9,688.4
2 Neoplasms 39 2,209.4
3 Diseases of the respiratory system 25 1,416.4
4 Diseases of the genitourinary system 10 566.6
5 Diseases of the nervous system and sense organs 10 566.6
       
* Rates for infants based per 1,000 live births. All other rates based on 100,000 population per age category.  

 
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